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7 July 2003Ream the memeIf you read half the stuff on my blogroll (which I try to do on a semi-regular basis), you might think Chris Muir's Day by Day, featured at several of those blogs, is the funniest thing since Mary Matalin gave James Carville a wedgie on Meet the Press. (And if she didn't, well, she should have.) I'm not quite so enthusiastic myself: okay, it's funnier than Doonesbury, but then the bridge column by Omar Sharif and Tannah Hirsch is funnier than Doonesbury. SurlyPundit, on the other hand, thinks Day by Day sucks, and is prepared to tell you why. TrackBack: 11:21 AM, 13 July 2003 » Day by Day hiatus from Too Much To Dream Chris Muir, author of day by day, is going to be out of commission for 30 days due to surgery. Wish him a speedy recovery (and that's an order!). Brought to you by the Yes I Think Day By Day......[read more] Good link -- SurlyPundit is spot-on in her analysis of DBD. Posted by: David at 8:32 PM on 7 July 2003Surlypundit sounds, well, surly. I mean, what was he expecting -- A modern day Restoration Comedy drawn in a style reminiscent of Bourgereau confined to a four-panel daily comic strip? I think the strip is amusing; I don't expect it to make me laugh until I herniate. I love the comments too: "thank you for telling the truth about this so-called 'funny' comic strip!" Er. Humor is subjective. I don't care much for the Three Stooges either. Maybe I should set up a webpage called "The Truth About the Three Stooges! Why they are not funny -- reason no. 1) Well -- they simply are not funny! It's all just a bunch of falling down! Can someone tell me why this is supposed to be funny? 2) The actors are just not attractive. In fact -- let's face it, they are ugly." And so on. Posted by: Andrea Harris at 12:03 AM on 8 July 2003*gasp!* Blasphemy, Andrea! Posted by: David at 6:16 AM on 8 July 2003Nyuk, nyuk. Incidentally, the Surlybird is a girl-type person. Posted by: CGHill at 7:11 AM on 8 July 2003Yeah, but I gave examples of other web comic strips that do work well. It would be unfair to expect another Calvin & Hobbes or Krazy Kat, but c'mon. DBD's material would work as well or better in some kind of text format. P.S. I kind of like the Three Stooges. No match for Buster Keaton, though. Posted by: surlybird at 5:04 PM on 8 July 2003Speaking of which...I caught an episode of "The Twilight Zone" on Friday that featured Buster Keaton. Good story. Posted by: David at 7:59 PM on 8 July 2003Actually, given that most of DBD's content is communicated by dialogue through two or more characters, text entries would not work. I'm surprised that isn't obvious. You either like dialogue-driven humor or you don't. [shrug] Posted by: Dean Esmay at 3:47 AM on 14 July 2003 |